Osteobrama cunma is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the carp and minnow family, the Cyprinidae. It occurs in the drainage of the River Chindwin in Manipur, India and Myanmar. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the more widespread Osteobrama cotio.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Osteobrama |
| Species: | O. cunma
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| Osteobrama cunma F. Day, 1888
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This species has a deep, laterally compressed body with a steep dorsal profile. 48 scales on the lateral line with 9 scale rows between the base of the dorsal fin and the lateral line and 8 scale rows between the pelvic fin and the lateral line. It has a ventral keel which runs from the origin of the pelvic fin to the anal fin, being rounded in front of the pelvic fin. It is silvery in colour shading to olive dorsally.[3]
References
edit- ^ Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Osteobrama cunma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168602A6523134. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168602A6523134.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Osteobrama cunma (Day, 1888)". Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ W, Vishwanath; M. Shantakumar (2007). "Fishes of the genus Osteobrama Heckel of Northeastern India (Teleosti: Cyptinidae)" (PDF). Zoos' Print Journal. 22 (11): 2881–2884.
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